Melissa Thompson

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Design Student @ Pratt Institute

[Melissa Thompson @Misthomp]

The Tegel Airport was originally built in response to West Berlin's need for supplies via airlift in 1948. There were no commercial flights there until 1960.

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[Melissa Thompson @Misthomp]

The Tegel airport site has been used for military operations since 1823. It was used in 1930 as a testing facility for fuel rockets, a project that only lasted 3 years, shutting down in 1933 due to an unpaid water bill.
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[Melissa Thompson @Misthomp]

The once forested area around Tegel Airport was once a hunting ground for Prussian royalty, and nearby was the Humboldt palace, or Schloss Tegel, which was home to Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt, and built in 1558.

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